Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the heuristic comprises calculating a weighted name value for the name and comparing the weighted name value with a predetermined threshold name value.
4. The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein V(1, . . . n) is assigned a value of 1 if the component matches a corresponding component of a name in the subset of known names and 0 if the component does not match the corresponding component of the name in the subset of known names.
5. The method as clamed in claim 3 , wherein the name is determined to not be in the subset of known names associated with the known address if the weighted name value is less than the threshold name value.
6. The method as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising, if the address is determined to be in the set of known addresses and the name is determined to not be in the subset of known names associated with the known address, marking the record as having valid address information, but invalid name information.
7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising if the address is determined to be in the set of known addresses and the name is determined to not be in the subset of known names associated with the address, marking the record as having valid address information, but invalid name information.
8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising preventing information from being mailed to the address of the marked record.
9. The method as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising removing the marked record from a database of records.
10. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the obtained address is determined to be in the set of known addresses if the weighted address value for the address is less than a predetermined threshold address value.
11. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising, if the address is determined to be in the set of known addresses and the name is determined to not be in the subset of known names associated with the known address, marking the record as having valid address information, but invalid name information.
13. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising if the address is determined to be in the set of known addresses and the name is determined to not be in the subset of known names associated with the address, marking the record as having valid address information, but invalid name information.
14. The method as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising preventing information from being mailed to the address of the marked record.
15. The method as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising removing the marked record from a database of records.
17. The method as claimed in claim 16 , wherein V(1, . . . n) is assigned a value of 1 if the component matches a corresponding component of a name in the subset of known names and 0 if the component does not match the corresponding component of the name in the subset of known names.
18. The method as clamed in claim 16 , wherein the name is determined to not be in the subset of known names associated with the known address if the weighted name value is less than the threshold name value.
19. The method as claimed in claim 18 , further comprising, if the address is determined to be in the set of known addresses and the name is determined to not be in the subset of known names associated with the known address, marking the record as having valid address information, but invalid name information.
20. The method as clamed in claim 12 , wherein the obtained address is determined to be in the set of known addresses if the weighted address value for the address is less than a predetermined threshold address value.
21. The method as claimed in claim 20 , further comprising, if the address is determined to be in the set of known addresses and the name is determined to not be in the subset of known names associated with the known address, marking the record as having valid address information, but invalid name information.
23. The system as claimed in claim 22 , further comprising means for marking the record as having valid address information, but invalid name information if the address is determined to be in the set of known addresses and the name is determined to not be in the subset of known names associated with the address.
24. The system as claimed in claim 23 , further comprising means for preventing information from being mailed to the address of the marked record.
25. The system as claimed in claim 23 , further comprising means for removing the marked record from a database of records.
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February 14, 2006
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